Drawer-guide.



y PTBNTED PEB; 25, 1:90a. G. R. Ross. DRAWER GUIDE.

, -rYVxPPLIOATlON FILED JULY 12,1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

oaonea R. aossJroF MUsKEeoN, MroHiGAN.

DRAWER-GUIDE Be it known that I, GEORGE R. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at -Muskegon, inthe county of Muskegon and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful DrawerLGuide, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furniture and .more particularly to drawers andguides "scribed and pointed out in the claimsa .InA the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

- In said'drawings: Figure 1 isa longitudinal section through a drawer embodying the present improvements, portions of the slides Fig. 2 is a transverse section through -the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through the lapping ends of races within the extension and auxiliary slides of the drawer.. Fig. 4 1s an enlarged sectlon on line Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a j Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the housing of the drawer having a bottoni or division line 2 on whichare arranged supporting tracks 3, the inner or adjoining faces of which are preferably rounded as shown at 4.' The upper face of eacli"of these tracks is grooved longitudinally to form races 5 and 6 separated preforgablyby means of screws 7 which extend into Patented Feb. 25, 190s.l

1 and directly above and parallel with theV tracks 3 are longitudinally extending guides 12 each of which has its inner face groovedlongitudinally as shown at 13, while the bottom of each of these guides isalso grooved as at 14 to form a race. Screws 15 or similar' devices are located at the ends of the-groove and a wear plate 16 extends longitudinally within saidgroove. Interposed between each track 3 and the guide thereabove 1s an extension slide 17 having a longitudinal groove receive the ball 9 heretofore referred to, while the ball 10 projectsvinto the race 20. A race or groove 211- is formed in the-,rear portion of the upper edge of the extension 17 and has a wear plate 25 therein, while stop devices 26 such as screws are located adjacent the ends of the groove and are designed to limit the v'movement fo a ball 27 which projects into the race 14 in the guide 12. The front portion of the extension slide is reduced and formed within the upper edge of this reduced portion and in advance of the groove 18 is the groove 28 constituting a race for a ball 29. This groove has a metal wear lplate 30 therein and stop devices 3l similar to those heretofore relerred to are located adjacent the ends of the groove.

Interposed between thel tracks 3, extension slide 17. and guides 12 is a drawer 32 designed to contact with the rounded4 faces of the track so as to-be held thereby out of contact with the extension slide and the guides. i,

This drawer is provided upon its sides with auxiliary slides 33 designed to travel between the reduced ortions of slides 17 and thc guides 12. Eac of these auxiliary slides has a longitudinal groove 34 in its lower face constituting a race into which the ball 29 projects. A metal Wear plate 35 is preferably secured within the groove 34 and stop defirst travel upon balls 29 until `the same are brought into contact withthe rear sto s' 3i whereupon the extension slides i7 will be pushed backward andwill travel on vthe balls 9 and lO'until these balls are stopped by the grooves within the races .5 and 6. When the drawer is extended the extension strips are irevented from'binding upon lthe guides 12 because of the balls 27 which are interposed therebetween, Heretofore in the construction of drawers'having extension. slides considerable diflicultyvhas been experienced in opening or closing the drawers because ofthe excessive -friction between the extension slides and the'top guides 12. By interpos; ing the balls in the manner shown and described this objectionable feature is overcome.

The friction rollers 37 serve to prevent the drawer from tilting in relation to the extenwi thdrawn from under the guides 12.

It will be noted that the stops provided in the various races are disposed with their the slides or guides to which they are connected or else retracted within the races. They will not therefore interfere with the movement of the drawer should any of the balls become accidentallydis'placed. Althou h each of the races has been shown provi ed with a wear plate it is to be understood thatl these plates may be dispensed with, if preferred. The

anti-friction mechanism herein described can' drawers of difbe used 1n conbe usedv iny conne-tion with ererent forms but can Valso nection with slides,shelves, and other objects designed to be shifted horizontally. In order that the drawer may be rendered Eracticall'y noiseless rubber bulr'ers 38 may e arranged upon the outer 'ends of the eX# tension-slides so as to be contacted by the drawer when the same is closed.

An important feature of this inventionis th'e fact that the slides vand anti-friction dcerases vices hold the drawer centered atgall time .1

walls of the supporting structure, thusre-'- ducing the friction to the minimum,

What is claimed is:

the drawer so that the sames held at all times out' of Contact with the 81de 135i) The. combination with tracks and guides-` disposed thereabove, said guides havi gitudinal grooves in their adjoining of main slides interposed between `the tracks' 'and guides, the forward portion of each slide'.

the .guides and'slides, anti-frictiondevices carried by the drawer and mounted to travel within the grooves in thev earin main s able lnto upon the reduced portions 'oftheposition between the main slides? being reduced, a drawer interposedbetweejn v guides, auxiliary' slides secured to the sides i'thedrawerand Y f' sion strips when the auxiliary slides are. b

ides, said auxiliary slides being movand guides, the adioinjng faces of the guides,v

slides, and tracks being-provided with regisl terlng longitudinal races, transversely curved weer plates within the' races' and l"extendi'n throughout the lengths thereof, balls seat'e within the races in the-tracks and in the ui per portions of the main slides, said ballsprojecting into .the` races' registering' there'- with and disposedto prevent relative lateral movement of the slides, tracks, and guides, and stop devices extending through the wear plates and within the races for limiting the movementof the balls, said stop devices constituti'ng securing means -for the wearz plates. in -testirnony that I claim the foregoing-as my own, I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

Geenen n. Ross.'

Witnesses: l' l Auer. BERTRAND, C. L. CHAMBERLAIN'. 

